The XO laptop gets a Windows makeover

[rihoward1 at gmail.com]

It was a very poor experiment and the article had a number of items  
of misinformation.  The author of the article did not take advantage  
of the fact that she had 2 XOs .  She did not boot both in Sugar to  
observe the collaboration capabilities of Sugar and Activities.  If  
she had then Sugar would have won hands down.
Windows is pointless as an educational platform.  I have never seen  
what I would call an educational application on Windows.  I have seen  
rote training applications on Windows.  About all Windows is good for  
is in a school training the next generation of low skilled, low wage  
support personal for Microsoft with out of date knowledge.

Remember education and training are 2 different concepts.  Education  
gives you the ability to reach beyond your base knowledge and to  
continue to learn, explore and synthesize ideas and concepts. Rote  
training freezes you in time and makes you inflexible.


On Oct 25, 2008, at 11:34 PM, Carlos mauro wrote:

> http://news.cnet.com/8301-13860_3-10074298-56.html? 
> part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20
>
> Was a experiment (informal) with a girl with 8 years old wich used  
> olpc with Sugar an Windows...
>
> :)
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Carlos mauro <unimauro at gmail.com>
> Date: 2008/10/26
> Subject: Niños en Prueba Informal Prefieren Sugar q WindowsXp
> To: kunix <kunix at googlegroups.com>, "OLPC en castellano para  
> usuarios, docentes, voluntarios y administradores" <olpc- 
> sur at lists.laptop.org>, OLPC-Peru <peru at lists.laptop.org>
> Cc: Claudia Colque <ccolquea at uni.pe>, AD Luyo <ad.luyo at gmail.com>,  
> Kri0z <fernandocm.30 at gmail.com>, Victor Arturo Simich L�pez  
> <asimich at gmail.com>, EDUARDO CIEZA DE LEON <e_cieza at yahoo.com>,  
> Lucia Elisa Loyola Cordova <lucyloyola at gmail.com>, KETTY JULCA  
> VALDEZ <kettyenes at hotmail.com>, Natividad Gonzales Cordova  
> <solbezi at gmail.com>, Mica <micaela12_08 at hotmail.com>
>
>
> http://news.cnet.com/8301-13860_3-10074298-56.html? 
> part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20
>
>
> Intersante....
>
> Espero que me respondan la forma de colocarle el windows Xp a la  
> OLPC para hacer los test de usabilidad de contraste.
> -- 
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> Creemos en el amor de los Seres Humanos
> Carlos Mauro Cárdenas Fernández
> 4582877 980525716
>
>
>
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